H.M.S. Surprise

by Patrick O'Brian Narrated by Patrick Tull

Overview

Third in the series of Aubrey-Maturin adventures, this book is set among the strange sights and smells of the Indian subcontinent, and in the distant waters ploughed by the ships of the East India Company. Aubrey is on the defensive, pitting wits and seamanship against an enemy enjoying overwhelming local superiority. But somewhere in the Indian Ocean lies the prize that could make him rich beyond his wildest dreams: the ships sent by Napoleon to attack the China Fleet...

Editorial Reviews

Irish Press

Few, very few, books have made my heart thud with excitement H.M.S Surprise managed it.

Richard Snow

"The best historical novel ever written." - New York Times Book Review

Helen Lucy Burk

"Few, very few, books have made my heart sag with excitement. 'H.M.S. Surprise' managed it. I read it cruizing through the tame Adriatic, in Silver Ponds found myself forced to pace about the deck to calm my pulse....Patrick O'Brian's erudition is phenomenal, as is his capacity for creating another completely believable world. He convices that his total accuracy even in tiny detail."

Times [London]

O'Brian is astonishingly good.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940170701605
Publisher:	Recorded Books, LLC
Publication date:	12/18/2003
Series:	Aubrey/Maturin , #3
Edition description:	Unabridged

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